Open AccessWireless link pairing toward secured 6G networks
Author(s) -
Ahmed Faeq Hussein,
Hany Elgala
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optics letters/optics index
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1071-2763
pISSN - 0146-9592
DOI - 10.1364/ol.395542
Subject(s) - phy , physical layer , computer science , computer network , wireless network , wireless , bit error rate , network packet , secrecy , electronic engineering , telecommunications , computer security , channel (broadcasting) , engineering
Hybrid wireless networks are foreseen to play a major role in the visioning and planning of the sixth generation (6G) network. Most of the 6G applications are human-centric, and thus high security and privacy are key features. Recently, physical layer (PHY) security has become an emerging area of research. This work introduces a novel, to the best of our knowledge, PHY security approach called wireless link pairing (WiLP). In WiLP, signals received from both air interfaces in a hybrid radio frequency and optical network are required for successful signal reconstruction and processing at the receiver. The transmitted packets based on the IEEE 802.11 standards are redesigned, and improvements in performance are validated via simulations and experimental measurements using software-defined radio platforms. The obtained results demonstrate improvements in bit-error rate (BER) and the secrecy capacity for multiple modulation and coding schemes.